Hold On
A Google search for “sports as escape” produces about 300 million results. A similar query for “sports as entertainment” reveals over 3.5 billion.A search for “sports as inspiration” generates 296...
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Spring Practice Presser Transcript 4-4-13: Greg Mattison
Opening remarks:“We’re so proud of those guys. We’re so proud of that basketball program. I mean, what they’ve done with that young team is so special. We’re pulling for them just like everybody...
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Zoneo Must Die
Everyone and their uncle has a post about Syracuse's 2-3 zone and how to beat it, focusing on a lot of things but usually the usual: get the ball to the free throw line and make the right decision once...
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Hi. This is just going to be a Final Four linkdump. Otherwise it will be 3000 words. Well, yeah. Burke won the Wooden award. AN OPEN LETTER TO CHRIS WEBBER. You are the last person I want to think...
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Come Meet Marlin Jackson (and some bloggers)
On Monday I tweeted there would be some interesting Meta announcements on here. The first: indie HTTV shall return, depending on how that looks----------------------->The second is we're finally...
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Final Four Liveblog or Go Home!
From the Sponsor:Introducing our newest bespoke straps, handmade with genuine basketball leather. Good luck in Atlanta, and GO BLUE! –ShashiThe rules reminder: Liveblog Chaos Mitigation Post.Powered by...
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MCGARY AND THE SUBS AND THE CRAZY AND WE’RE ALL STICKING AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND WHAT DO I DO WHAT DO I DO OH YEAH WE DO THIS:And you can't have one without the other…Nobody die until Monday.
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I Get Stops
4/6/2013 – Michigan 61, Syracuse 56 – 31-7, championship gameAdam Glanzman/Dailyhe doesn't actually have to do anything the game is ova the queensbury thing to do is to slow up and I don't know take a...
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Brightest Youth
Image via UMHoops"Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought." — TheognisMitch McGary scored in double figures twice in his first 21 games for Michigan. Before last night, he had 18 assists... all...
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Burke Wins Naismith, Completes NPOY Sweep
According to all of Twitter, Trey Burke just finished his clean sweep of the national player of the year awards, adding the Naismith and NABC player of the year honors to a trophy case that already...
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RIP Otto The Orange
Jordan Morgan done killed a man large citrus fruit.[HT: MGoUser shorts]
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On The Charge
When you're at a game and then spend an hour and a half walking around aimlessly afterwards because the closest bar to the Georgia Dome is in Alabama and exiting that place is like finding your way...
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This will make you punch a wall or vomit or both. AHHH WALL PUNCH VOMIT[HT: UMHoops.]
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Updated Louisville Bits
The tourney-shattering jinx preview for this final got posted a few days ago, and duly caused a Michigan loss. Despite that, they play Louisville for the national title tonight. That thing is...
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One Frame At A Time: Syracuse
We're past the point of coherent thought. Let's watch some pictures move instead.[Hit THE JUMP for the best gifs from the Syracuse game, including a complete Oliver Stone-style breakdown of Otto The...
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Hokepoints: For the Final Act, a Soliloquy
How did we get here? Enter Hamlet.To be, or not to be: that is the question.11/9: Michigan 100, Slippery Rock 62. 1-011/12: Michigan 91, IUPUI 54. 2-011/13: Michigan 77, Cleveland St 47. 3-0Whether...
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Liveblog, the Final
As night descends, so we reach the final act.Liveblog Chaos Mitigation Post. O heavy lightness, serious vanity, prevent the misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms.From the Sponsor. There are a few...
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Notes From A Rooftop, 5AM
4/9/2013 – Us 1, Bottle Of Whiskey 0, season overI'm not posting that photo to complain. It's symbolic: it didn't work out, but it was still awesome. (Dustin Johnston/UMHoops)I'm not going to have too...
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Context
Look at it.No, just look. In the image above, there is no whistle. There is just Trey Burke, consensus national player of the year, making another magnificent, awe-inspiring play—and in a season when...
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